zminer
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I am new to gun ownership, having purchased a Ruger 10/22, and just recently got a scope put onto it. When I had the scope put on, the guy who was doing it put it on backwards at first, and it took another person in the shop to point it out to him. So, I am less than confident that he knew what he was doing when he installed it.
I had further doubts when I took the rifle out today to sight it in and found I couldn't hit a thing with it. I put up two targets - one above the other - and found myself hitting close to bullseyes on the lower target ... while aiming at the one above. I tried to adjust the elevation controls, but found that I "ran out" of clicks for adjustment well before I would have been able to make up the foot or so of distance between the spot where I aimed and the place my shots were hitting.
The problems got worse when I moved the targets from 25 yards to 50 yards. As far as I could tell, I wasn't hitting the target at all, though I later discovered I might have been hitting very low (like, two or three feet low).
Is it possible that the guy just totally screwed up my scope installation, and that's what's causing the problem? Scope and gun are both brand new, so that doesn't seem like it can be the problem.
My plan is to go back to the gun shop tomorrow, with my receipt for the installation, tell them about the problem, and see if they'll take a look at it for free. Does anyone else have any suggestions, or has this sort of thing happened to you before?
I had further doubts when I took the rifle out today to sight it in and found I couldn't hit a thing with it. I put up two targets - one above the other - and found myself hitting close to bullseyes on the lower target ... while aiming at the one above. I tried to adjust the elevation controls, but found that I "ran out" of clicks for adjustment well before I would have been able to make up the foot or so of distance between the spot where I aimed and the place my shots were hitting.
The problems got worse when I moved the targets from 25 yards to 50 yards. As far as I could tell, I wasn't hitting the target at all, though I later discovered I might have been hitting very low (like, two or three feet low).
Is it possible that the guy just totally screwed up my scope installation, and that's what's causing the problem? Scope and gun are both brand new, so that doesn't seem like it can be the problem.
My plan is to go back to the gun shop tomorrow, with my receipt for the installation, tell them about the problem, and see if they'll take a look at it for free. Does anyone else have any suggestions, or has this sort of thing happened to you before?